Orkney Image Library

Thanks for the memory Phil. I learned to drive in one of these in the early 1950’s at my place of work where it was purely a works runabout. I was in my teens and so was the truck, a 1920’s – 1930’s one-ton Morris Commercial. I took great pleasure in polishing its chrome radiator, but was not too fond of that fuel tank sitting under the bonnet just above my knees; you can just see the filler cap in your photo, in the centre; close to the windscreen.

Ron.

This is my uncle John,aka"Pep".He left Orkney to join the merchant navy,eventually became a police officer in Liverpool before the outbreak of war.He was killed in north africa on 6th.May 1943.My mother often talked of him and how all the girls fell for him!